In the early 1990s Emdin started drawing underground comix and collaborated with Ross Tesoriero on his first mini-comicIf Pain Persists.[1] Shortly after, Emdin published his own comic, Cruel World,[2] and was one of the first in the Australia underground scene to produce full colour covers and professionally printed pages. Unfortunately the high production value did not reflect the low-brow content — Cruel World ran to issue 8.

Throughout his life, Emdin has continued to draw in the art and underground scene, contributing to books and comic anthologies such as Sick Puppy,[3]Phatsville,[4]Blackguard[5]', Pure Evil,[6] and most recently, Blood and Thunder.[7]

Emdin and Aisling (Ash) Kinchin were married in 2004 and have two children; Miles Emdin (b. 20 May 2006) and April Emdin (b. 25 April 2009). They live happily in Sydney's Inner West with Corkey the pug, and Johnny the cat.[citation needed]